Emilie Given's focus is to inspire other women to create a career that allows them to focus on passion over paperwork and family over familiarity. She runs a virtual assistant team and has a lot of wisdom to share! In this episode, Emilie talks about what it was like being an executive assistant at Amazon, how almost dying pushed her to make the move [...]
Suzy Sanders has many years of experience as an executive assistant, including at the board level within a global recruitment company. She's currently founder of Alchemy Virtual Assistance, an award winning VA firm. Suzy shares a bit about her experience with burnout, what it's like running a remote business with her husband (with kiddos at home), how to stay connected and engaged as a [...]
Viveka von Rosen is internationally known as the "LinkedIn Expert" and has been listed as a top social media influencer in Forbes multiple times. She works with B2B companies and executives, helping them achieve business success through the use of LinkedIn. In this episode, Viveka highlights the importance of building an online personal brand via a LinkedIn profile. She also shares ideas on what [...]
Alice Default has spent over 6 years building productivity tools to help people work better at companies including Microsoft, Sunrise, and Front. Since 2018, Alice and her team have been laser-focused on helping CEOs and their teams get more done with Double, a modern executive assistant service that sources experienced US-based assistants and empowers them with great tech. In this episode, Alice talks about [...]
Kara Tanenbaum is an Executive Assistant, providing C-level support in a strategic partnership for over sixteen years. She also side-hustles as a Virtual Assistant, specializing in all things digital marketing. Kara shares tips on how to start a virtual assistant side-hustle, including thoughts on the importance of specializing, and how to market yourself and get more clients. She also talks about the cons of [...]
Jacqueline Howard is a longtime Executive Virtual Assistant and homeschooling mom, so she has some great thoughts regarding working from home and more! Jacqueline and I talk about working remotely with kids in the home, how to stay connected with your executive while working from home, how to manage multiple executives, and more. Thanks for a great chat, Jacqueline! Note: In this episode Jacqueline [...]
Ethan Bull is a longtime Executive Assistant and CoFounder of ProAssisting, a remote EA firm in the U.S. He has great advice for working remotely, managing multiple executives, and more. Ethan and I talk about how their remote EA company, ProAssisting, is different from many of the other VA firms. We also talk about tips for hiring and interviewing, and he shares a crazy [...]
Ebony Belhumeur works as EA to the CEO of a company in California, but lives in France. She has 3 young kids and some great advice on working remotely. Ebony also talks about getting the respect you deserve, anticipating your executive's needs, managing an email inbox, and more. She's also founder of The Assistant's List so check out her resources for assistants. LEADERSHIP QUOTE [...]
In this episode, Trivinia Barber (CEO of Priority VA, and former assistant to Michael Hyatt and Amy Porterfield) shares advice on working remotely, running a company of VAs, and much more. Trivinia and I talk about the dehumanizing interactions assistants can have, building a culture with virtual team members, how to say no in a kind and professional way, how to find clients, what [...]
One of my favorite things about hosting a podcast is speaking with people all over the world. My guest in Episode 48, Sandra Lewis, was in France while we were chatting. Gotta love technology! Sandra is Founder and CEO of Boldly, a subscription based remote executive assistant company. We talk about interview questions for assistants, company culture, thoughts on making the transition from in-office [...]